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    A
  1. Abacus
  2. Abscissa
  3. Absolute Value
  4. Abundant Numbers
  5. Accumulate
  6. Accurate
  7. Achiral
  8. Acre
  9. Acute
  10. Ada, Computer Language
  11. Add
  12. Addend
  13. Adjacent
  14. Aeon
  15. Affine Geometry
  16. Agnesi's Witch curve
  17. Ahmes Papyrus
  18. Alabama Paradox - voting
  19. Alchemy
  20. Aleph-Null
  21. Algebra
  22. Algebraic Numbers
  23. Algorithm
  24. Aliquot Parts
  25. "All Models are Wrong" quote
  26. Altitude
  27. Altitude of triangle, Properties
  28. Amblygon
  29. Amicable Numbers or Pairs
  30. Amplitude
  31. Analemma
  32. Analogy
  33. Angle
  34. Angle Bisectors in a Triangle
  35. Angstrom (unit of length)
  36. Annual
  37. Annulus
  38. Annus Mirabilis - Newton's Miracle Year
  39. Anode - creation of the term
  40. Antares
  41. Antecedent
  42. Anti-Center
  43. Antiparallel
  44. Aphelion
  45. Apoapsis
  46. Apogee
  47. Apollonius Gasket
  48. Apollonius Point
  49. Apollonius Problem
  50. Apothem
  51. Apportionment
  52. Approval Voting
  53. Apse
  54. Apside
  55. Arbelos
  56. Arc
  57. Archimedes Square Dissection Puzzle
  58. Arc Sine or Sin-1
  59. Are
  60. Area
  61. Argand Diagrams
  62. Argument
  63. arithmetic
  64. Arithmetic Books, Early American
  65. arithmetic Books, First North American
  66. Arrive
  67. Asses' Bridge
  68. Associative
  69. Astroid
  70. Astronaut
  71. Astronomical Unit / AU
  72. Asymptote
  73. Atlas
  74. Atom
  75. Aubel's Theorem
  76. Average
  77. Avoirdupois
  78. Axiom
  79. Axis

  80. B
  81. Babylonian Square Root Method
  82. Bacon, Francis; stained glass at Wren Library, Cambridge
  83. Bakhshali Manuscript
  84. Barometer
  85. Barrow, Isaac; stained glass at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  86. Barycenter
  87. Baryon
  88. Base
  89. Bayes' Theorem
  90. Bell Curve
  91. Bell's Numbers or Bell Numbers
  92. Benford's Law
  93. Bernoulli's Golden Theorem
  94. Bernoulli Numbers
  95. Bertrand's Postulate (a prime between n and 2n)
  96. The Big Bang
  97. bi-gon (two sided polygon?)
  98. Billion
  99. Bimedian of Quadrilateral
  100. Binary Numbers
  101. Binomial
  102. Binomial Coefficients
  103. Bisect
  104. Bisectors (ANGLE) in a Triangle
  105. Blackboard, History of
  106. Additional notes on History of Blackboards and slates
  107. Bode's Law
  108. Bounds and Butts (land measure)
  109. Borda Voting
  110. Borrow (in Subtraction)
  111. Bottle Imp Paradox
  112. Bowditch Curves
  113. Box Plot
  114. Brachystochrone
  115. "Bracket X", or Bracket Function
  116. Brahmagupta's Formula
  117. Brahmagupta's Identity on the sums of two squares
  118. Brahmagupta's Multiplication method
  119. Butts and Bounds (land measure)
  120. The Bride's Chair
  121. Bridge of Asses
  122. Brocard's Problem
  123. Bruns Constant
  124. Bureau

  125. C
  126. C, symbol for Radians
  127. Caduceus
  128. Calculate / Calculus
  129. Calendar
  130. Camera / Camera obscura
  131. Cardinal
  132. Cardinality
  133. Carat
  134. Cardioid
  135. Caret
  136. Carmichael Numbers
  137. Carnot's Theorem
  138. Carroll's Logic Diagrams (by Lesis Carroll)
  139. Carry (arithmetic)
  140. Casting out nines
  141. Casting out elevens
  142. Catalan Numbers
  143. Catenary
  144. Cathetus
  145. Cathode - creation of the term
  146. Cauchy distribution
  147. Ceiling Function,
  148. Census
  149. Center
  150. Centroid or Center of Gravity
  151. Century
  152. Ceres
  153. Cesaro-Stolz Theorem
  154. Ceva's Theorem
  155. Cevian
  156. Chain or Gunter's Chain
  157. Chain Reaction
  158. Chaos
  159. Check
  160. Check methods for arithmetic
  161. Chebyshev's theorem.(a prime between n and 2n)
  162. Chie-no-ita, Chinese puzzle
  163. Chilihedron
  164. Chinese Checkers
  165. Chinese Postman's Problem
  166. Chinese Square Root Method
  167. Chiral
  168. Chi Square
  169. Choose
  170. Chord
  171. Circle
  172. Circuit
  173. Circulate Numbers
  174. Circumcenter
  175. Circumcircle
  176. Circumference
  177. Circumscribe
  178. Class
  179. cloff, commercial discount
  180. Clue
  181. Coefficient
  182. Collatz's Problem
  183. Collinear
  184. Combinations
  185. Commandino's Theorem
  186. Commutative
  187. Compass
  188. Complementary
  189. Complete Graph
  190. Complete Oriented Graph
  191. Complex Fraction
  192. Complex Numbers
  193. Component
  194. Composite & Compound
  195. Compute
  196. Concurrent
  197. Concyclic
  198. Condorcet Voting
  199. Cone
  200. Confidence Interval
  201. Confounding Variables (statistics)
  202. Congruent
  203. Conic Section
  204. Conic Surface
  205. Conjecture
  206. Conjugate
  207. Conjugate Angles
  208. Consequent
  209. Constant
  210. Contact Triangle
  211. Continuous
  212. Converse
  213. Convex
  214. Coordinates
  215. Corollary
  216. Correct
  217. Correlation
  218. Correlation Coefficient
  219. Cosecant
  220. Cosine
  221. Cosines, Law of
  222. Cosine Circle (2nd Lemoine)
  223. Cosmic Rays
  224. Cosmos
  225. Coss and Cossists
  226. Cotangent
  227. Cotes, Roger; stained glass at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  228. Counting Boards
  229. Counting Numbers
  230. Crafoord Mathematical Prize
  231. Cramer's Rule
  232. Crescent
  233. Critical Points
  234. Cube
  235. Cube roots, by hand
  236. Cuisenaire rods
  237. Cumulative
  238. Curator
  239. Curtate Cycloid
  240. Cusp
  241. Cybernetics
  242. Cyclic Quadrangles (Quadrilateral)
  243. Cycloid
  244. Cylinder
  245. Cylindrical Projection, MAP

  246. D
  247. Dart, type of quadrilateral
  248. Data/Datum
  249. Dean
  250. Decade
  251. Des Cartes' Circle Thm
  252. Decimal Fractions
  253. Decimal Point & Decimal Comma
  254. Decimal Repeat Bar
  255. Decrease
  256. Degree
  257. Degrees, Why 360 in a circle?
  258. de Gua's Theorem.
  259. Deltoid
  260. Denominator
  261. Derangement
  262. Derivative
  263. Derive
  264. Determinant
  265. Deviation
  266. Devil's Curve
  267. Diagonal
  268. Diagram
  269. Diameter
  270. Diamond
  271. Dice / Die
  272. Dido's Problem
  273. Difference
  274. Difference symbol "~"
  275. Digit
  276. Digital Root
  277. Digon (two sided polygon?)
  278. Dimension
  279. Di-graph or Directed Graph
  280. Discount
  281. Discriminant
  282. Distance
  283. Divide
  284. Dividend
  285. Divide, Symbols for
  286. Divisor
  287. divisor function, sigmakn
  288. Dodecagon
  289. Dodecahedron
  290. Domain
  291. Dollar
  292. Dollar Symbol $
  293. Dot as symbol for multiplication
  294. Double Dummy
  295. Dozen
  296. Drawers of Dirichlet
  297. Droz-Farny Theorem
  298. Duplation and Mediation

  299. E
  300. e for 2.71828...
  301. East
  302. Edge
  303. Egyptian Multiplication
  304. Einstein's Biggest Blunder
  305. Electricity
  306. Electron
  307. Ellipse
  308. Ellipsis
  309. Ellipsoid
  310. Empty Set
  311. Enantiomorphic
  312. End of proof symbol,
  313. Early American Math Textbooks
  314. Eon
  315. Eocene
  316. Eohippus
  317. Equal
  318. = , Equal Symbol
  319. Equation
  320. Equiangular
  321. Equilateral
  322. Equivalent
  323. Ether
  324. Euler Circuits
  325. Euler Line
  326. Euler Path or Circuit
  327. Euler's Planer Graph Theorem (proof) V+F=E+2
  328. Excenter and Excircle
  329. Explementary
  330. Exponent
  331. Extrapolate

  332. F
  333. Factor & Factorial
  334. Factoring (as in "factoring a quadratic")
  335. Fagnano's Problem
  336. Fair division of Assets and Obligations, Discrete Math Notes
  337. February
  338. Fermat Point
  339. Fermat's Last Theorem
  340. Fermat's Little Theorem
  341. Feuerbach's Circle
  342. Fibonacci's Identity on the sums of two squares
  343. Fibonacci's Sequence
  344. Fields Medal
  345. First
  346. Floor Function,
  347. Focus
  348. Forest (planer graph)
  349. Formula
  350. Forty, (why there is no "U" in,)
  351. Four
  352. Fourth Proportional
  353. Fractal
  354. Fraction
  355. Fractional Exponents
  356. Fraction Bar
  357. Frequency
  358. Friday
  359. Friendly Numbers
  360. Frustum
  361. Function
  362. Fundamental Counting Theorem
  363. Furlong (length)

  364. G
  365. Galaxy
  366. Galley method of Division
  367. Gallon
  368. Gallows Function,
  369. Gamma Function
  370. President Garfield's Pythagorean Proof
  371. Gas
  372. Gaudi Magic Square
  373. Gauging
  374. Gelosie Multiplication
  375. Geoboard
  376. Geocenter
  377. Geometric Mean
  378. Geometry
  379. Geometry, Royal Road to?
  380. Gergonne Point / Triangle
  381. Gibbous (phases of moon)
  382. Gilbert, Unit of measure
  383. Girard's Thm
  384. Gnomen
  385. Googol
  386. Gougu Rule
  387. Grad - angle measurement
  388. Grade (of road, etc.)
  389. Graham's Number
  390. Gram, unit of weight(mass)
  391. Graph
  392. Graph Paper
  393. Graphic Solutions to Quadratic Equations
  394. Graph Theory
  395. Grave, early unit for Kilogram
  396. Greater Than Symbol
  397. Greatest Integer Function
  398. Grebe Point
  399. Gross
  400. Gunter's chain"
  401. Gunter's scale"

  402. H
  403. Half, 1/2
  404. Halma, board game
  405. Halmos symbol,
  406. Hamilton's Apportionment Method
  407. Hamiltonian Circuits
  408. Hanoi, Tower of Puzzle
  409. Harmonic Mean
  410. Harmonic Sequence
  411. Hash symbol, #
  412. Haversine
  413. Hawthorne Effect
  414. Heap Paradox
  415. Hectare
  416. Height
  417. HemiSphere
  418. Hein, Piet
  419. The Helen of Geometers
  420. Helium
  421. Helix
  422. Hermetic Seal
  423. Heron's Formula or Hero's Formula
  424. Heronian Mean
  425. Heron's Problem
  426. Heteroscedastic
  427. Hex, the game
  428. Hexdecimal
  429. Hinge
  430. Hippocrates Lune
  431. Hippocratic Oath
  432. Histogram /Histograph
  433. History, Notes on Math teaching
  434. Hoehn's Thm
  435. Hollerith Cards
  436. Homoscedastic
  437. Hoppity, old Enlish board game
  438. Horizon / Horizontal
  439. Hornbooks
  440. Horsepower
  441. Hour
  442. Houses and Utilities Problem (proof)
  443. Hubble (Unit of distance)
  444. Hundred
  445. Hyperbola
  446. Hyperbole
  447. Hypercube
  448. Hypocycloid of Four Cusps
  449. Hypocycloid of Three Cusps
  450. Hypodermic
  451. Hypotenuse

  452. I
  453. i for square root of -1
  454. identity and symbol ≡
  455. Ides
  456. Idiot
  457. IFF symbol
  458. Imaginary Numbers
  459. Incenter and Incircle
  460. Increase
  461. Increment
  462. Index
  463. Induction, Inductive Proof
  464. Inequality Symbols
  465. Infinitesimul
  466. Infinity
  467. Infinity Symbol
  468. Imperial Gallon
  469. Inscribe
  470. Int Function
  471. Integer
  472. Interpolate
  473. Interval
  474. interquartile range
  475. Inverse Sine or Sin-1
  476. Inverse Square Law
  477. Iodine
  478. Ion - creation of the term
  479. IQR
  480. Irrational Numbers
  481. Iridium
  482. Iris
  483. Ishango Bone
  484. Isogon - Isogonic Lines, Points, Symmetry
  485. Isometry
  486. Isomorphic
  487. Isomorphic symbol,
  488. Isoperimetric
  489. Isopleure, Isopleuron
  490. Isosceles
  491. Italian Method of Division

  492. J
  493. January
  494. Japanese Tangram type puzzle
  495. Jefferson's Apportionment Method
  496. Jerk
  497. Johnson's Theorem
  498. Josephus Problems
  499. Julia Set

  500. K
  501. Kaprekar Numbers
  502. Karat
  503. Kilogram Mass and Force
  504. Klein Bottle
  505. Kissing Circles Theorem
  506. Kite
  507. Knot, (Unit of speed)
  508. Knots and Knot Theory
  509. Kurschak's Theorem
  510. Kurtosis

  511. L
  512. Lame's Numbers
  513. Lattice Multiplication
  514. latus rectum
  515. lb, Pound
  516. Law of Cosines
  517. Law of Large Numbers
  518. Law of Sines
  519. Law of Tangents
  520. League (measure of distance)
  521. Leg
  522. Lemma
  523. Lemniscate
  524. Lemoine Point / Circles
  525. Lens (intersection of two circles)
  526. Leptokurtic
  527. Less Than Symbol
  528. l'Hospital's Rule
  529. Liar's Paradox
  530. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
  531. Lill Circle, A Graphic Solution to Quadratic Equations
  532. Limacon
  533. Limit
  534. Line
  535. Lissajous Figures
  536. ln for natural logarithm
  537. Loculus of Archimedes
  538. Locus
  539. Logarithm
  540. Log-line (instrument for nautical speed)
  541. Long Ton
  542. Lotka's Law
  543. Loxodrome
  544. Lozenge
  545. Lucas Sequence
  546. Ludolph's Number
  547. Lune
  548. Lurking Variables (statistics)

  549. M
  550. "m" for Slope
  551. Macron
  552. Magic Squares
  553. Magnetic Declanation Map (first)
  554. Magnitude
  555. Maltitudes
  556. Mantissa
  557. Matrix
  558. Mars
  559. Mathbooks, Early American
  560. Mathematics
  561. Mathot's Point
  562. Maximum
  563. Mean
  564. Mean Proportional
  565. Measure
  566. Medial Triangle
  567. Median (Origin & statistics)
  568. Medians of a Triangle
  569. Menelaus' Thm
  570. Mercator Projection, MAP
  571. Mercury
  572. Merels, the game
  573. Merhkat
  574. Meter
  575. Metric Ton
  576. Mil or Mill (1/1000)
  577. Mile
  578. Million
  579. Minor
  580. Minuend
  581. Minus
  582. Minute
  583. Miquel's Point & Theorem
  584. Miquel's Pentagon Theorem
  585. Mobius Strip
  586. Mode
  587. Modulus
  588. Mollweide Equations
  589. Monge's Theorem on common tangents of circles
  590. Monge's Point
  591. Monomial
  592. Monte Carlo Method
  593. Months and their Names
  594. Morley's Theorem
  595. Morris, (Nine Men's-) the game
  596. Moscow Papyrus
  597. Mu, , for the average
  598. Multiple Factorial
  599. multiplicand
  600. Multiplication (Ancient/Old methods)
  601. multiplier
  602. multiply
  603. Myriad